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23 Jun 04 - 02:37 PM (#1213052) Subject: Lyr Add: Aw's Glad the Strike's Duin From: *#1 PEASANT* Aw's Glad the Striek's Duin Tune-"It's time to get up." "Oh, aw's glad the strike's duin," shooted lang Geordy Reed, Ti the groop thit wis stanning iroond, "Fur the care an' anxiety's ni' turned me heed, An' am getting is thin is a hoond; Fur ye knaw me an' Jenny had promist te wed When the money te start hoose wis won, But the unlucky stop cawsed wor sporits te drop, So aw's glad, very glad, the strike's duin." "Oh, aw's glad the strike's duin," said a hawf-grown lad, "Fur wor brass it wis getting' se short, An' the boolin' an' runnin' wis gan te the bad, An' we'd ni' sen a finish te sport. Noo te Newcassel Races, se merry an' blate, We'll yet start like shot iv a gun, An' it's nyen ower late te back one fur the "Plate," So aw's glad, very glad the striek's duin." "Oh, aw's glad the strike's duin, for the sake o' my wife." Said a brave little man in the crood, "Fur the pinchin' an' plannin' an sorrow an' strife Neerly had her, poor lass, in her shrood. Noo wor canny bit bairns ill luik tidy an' trim, When te chapel on Sundays thor tuin; An' hoo thenkful, " said he, "iverybody shud be That the unlucky strike is noo duin." "Oh, aw's glad the strike's duin," cried oot shopkeeper Jack, An' he's words they exprest awl he said, Fur he's fyece wor a smile, an' he's lips gov a smack, Is he tawk't o' "the prospects o' trade." Hoo the business wid thrive is it yence did before, An' the wheels iv prospority run; "Ay, an' awl get me whack," said shopkeeper Jack, "So aw's glad, very glad, the striek's duin." Then the crood awl agreed, wi' a nod o' the heed, They war pleased the bad job wis put strite, An' a wummin or two, is the crood they passed through, Gae full vent te thor happy delite; While the bairns in the street, wi' thor voices se sweet, Inthe hite o' thor glory an' fun, Shooted "Hip, hip, horray!! it's settiled the day, An' wor glad, very glad, the strike's duin." - Thomas Kerr, 1880 |